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To: LibLieSlayer

True. But even though you were able to get high enough temps to burn a hole in the top of the piston, the engine didn’t catch fire. All the 2-stroke engines I had were aluminum alloy.


124 posted on 07/27/2012 9:31:37 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: UCANSEE2
I have seen blocks melt when Nitro Methane goes wrong... the first thing that you see is the cowling melt... then smoke... and then when all is done... a block that has sections that look like a stick of Land-O-Lakes left out in a midday Sun in July.

LLS

129 posted on 07/28/2012 4:26:47 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Don't Tread On Me)
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